4.1. Supported Guest Operating Systems¶
The guest operating systems listed below have been tested and are supported in virtual machines.
Note
Only the x64 architecture is supported.
Windows virtual machines:
Version |
Edition |
CPU hot plug support |
RAM hot plug support |
|---|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2022 |
Essentials |
No |
No |
Standard, Datacenter |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows Server 2019 |
Essentials |
No |
No |
Standard, Datacenter |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows Server 2016 |
Essentials |
No |
No |
Standard, Datacenter |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Essentials, Standard, Datacenter |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2012 |
Standard, Datacenter |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Standard, Datacenter |
No |
No |
Windows 10 |
Home, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise 2016 LTSB |
No |
No |
Windows 8.1 |
Home, Professional, Enterprise |
No |
No |
Windows 7 |
Home, Professional, Enterprise |
No |
No |
Note
CPU hot plug does not work properly due to a Windows bug with a wrongly installed driver. To fix the issue, refer to this solution.
Linux virtual machines:
Distribution |
Version |
CPU hot plug support |
RAM hot plug support |
|---|---|---|---|
Rocky Linux |
8.x |
Yes |
Yes |
AlmaLinux |
8.x |
Yes |
Yes |
CentOS |
8.x, 7.x |
Yes |
Yes |
6.x |
No |
No |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
8.x, 7.x |
Yes |
Yes |
Debian |
10.x, 9.x |
Yes |
Yes |
Ubuntu |
20.04.x, 18.04.x |
Yes |
Yes |
16.04.x |
No |
No |